The moral sentiment about reparations rests on these centuries of unfairness. Since at least 1865, when Congress voted to set ...

The transatlantic slave trade from Africa is a well-known chapter in the history of slavery in the Western Hemisphere, but much lesser known is the enslavement ...

The prevailing theories of crime causation might need rethinking.

Espada said his father, along with others, was arrested but did not arrive at Rikers Island; instead, he was sent to Hart ...

Juneteenth is a holiday that commemorates the ending of slavery in the United States. Although President Abraham Lincoln ...

The Pentagon has ordered all military leaders and commands to pull and review all of their library books that address diversity, anti-racism or gender issues by May 21, according to a memo issued to ...

Selected by Elizabeth Rosenthal, the author of “The Master of Drums: Gene Krupa and the Music He Gave the World.” ...

The assertion that minority white South Africans face discrimination from the Black majority has been echoed by Trump's white ...

Acclaimed director Ava DuVernay reflected on what the Smithsonian museums mean to Americans as she received a lifetime ...

Hayden, who was confirmed to lead the world’s largest library in 2016, faced scrutiny from a conservative nonprofit, American ...

After about 500 years of imperial dominance—extending into present-day Republic of Benin and Togo, and reaching the Sahelian fringes of Nupe, Borgu, and parts of Hausaland—the fall of the Old Oyo ...

To many, Pope Leo XIV seemed a different sort of American, a man who served the poor for decades, spoke Spanish and Italian ...